Detroit Free Press Staff Writer

A preliminary exam was adjourned today for a Mt. Clemens man charged with child abuse after Macomb County Sheriff’s authorities said his 3-week-old daughter was treated for multiple fractures all over her body — totaling 18 broken bones.

Lance Finner, 29, continues to be held on a $2-million bond despite a request from his attorney, Louis Zaidan, to reduce the bond to 10% of a $10,000 to $15,000 bond with a tether.

Judge Linda Davis in 41B District Court in Clinton Township referred the matter to corrections for review.

Finner appeared in court in a blue county jail jumper and said little except to answer a question from Davis.

A dozen supporters, including relatives, filled two rows in the courtroom. They have said that the baby was fine and that Finner didn’t hurt his daughter and mentioned medical issues with the baby.

Zaidan requested the adjournment because he didn’t have all of the discovery and said there are a lot of medical records to review. A number of witnesses are expected to be called at the preliminary exam, which may take several days.

Zaidan, during his request for a bond reduction, said Finner has lived in the Detroit area his entire life, is working and married with two children.

The Sheriff’s Office was called to Children’s Hospital of Michigan in Detroit at the request of a social worker and hospital staff. The hospital was treating the baby, who had multiple fractures that were the result of suspected child abuse.

Detectives interviewed both parents and determined Finner was caring for the girl when she became injured.

Sheriff Anthony Wickersham has said Finner did not say how the injuries occurred. The mother, who is Finner’s wife, was not home at the time and is not charged, Wickersham has said. He said two other children in the home were removed from the residence.

If convicted of first-degree child abuse, Finner could be sentenced to life in prison.